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ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Single Lever Power Control for General Aviation and Unmanned Aircraft. S mall B usiness I nnovation R esearch. Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation Manassas, Virginia. INNOVATION.

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS

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  1. Single Lever Power Control for General Aviation and Unmanned Aircraft Small Business Innovation Research Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation Manassas, Virginia INNOVATION Pilot or Autopilot controls General Aviation or Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) propulsion system via a Single Lever or a Single Power Command using a FADEC (Full-Authority Digital Engine Control) with optimal propeller/engine control Current Photo of product • ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Developed first FADEC with full-digital Single Lever Power Control (SLPC) for General Aviation (GA) aircraft with optimal propeller/engine control • Developed and flight-tested the SLPC-FADEC system in GA aircraft - showed over 20% fuel consumption improvement • Tested FADEC system with UAV engine in test cell to 68,000 ft altitude • FADEC-controlled engine propels the Perseus B high- altitude UAV to 60,000 ft altitude • COMMERCIALIZATION • Joint ventures with Athena Technologies combines SLPC with advanced flight controls and FTC (Fault-tolerant Control) algorithms • FADEC-controlled engines operated in excess of 500 hours in test cells and in flight • Ideal propulsion control unit for General Aviation naturally aspirated and turbocharged singles, twins, turboprops and other transportation propulsion systems Aurora’s Chiron aircraft with full-digital Single Lever Power Control • GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS • Currently being used in NASA’s AGATE (Advanced General Aviation Transport Experiment) for integrated flight tests with all-digital cockpit technology components • Potentially used in NASA’s ERAST (Environmental Research and Atmospheric Science Technology) UAV program Glenn Research Center General Aviation 3-031 1994 Phase II, NAS3-27814, 2/99 NASA Contact - Donald Simon Company Contact - Benjamin Russ

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